Maestro primarily inspired by work in creation of score? (8)
I believe the answer is:
composer
'maestro primarily inspired by work in creation of score?' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.
'maestro primarily inspired by work in creation of score?' is the wordplay.
'primarily' says to take the initial letters.
'inspired by' indicates putting letters inside (some letters breathed in or 'inspired' by others).
'work' becomes 'op' (abbreviation for opus).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'creation of' indicates anagramming the letters (I've seen this in other clues).
The first letter of 'maestro' is 'm'.
'm' put inside 'op' is 'omp'.
'score' with letters rearranged gives 'coser'.
'omp' going within 'coser' is 'COMPOSER'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for composer that I've seen before include "Creative musician" , "Writer of music" , "Beethoven or Brahms, for instance" , "Bach, Beethoven or Mozart?" , "Eg, Elgar" .)